Telugu

Telugu or Telegu is one of the twenty-two official languages of the Republic of India. It is a Dravidian language mostly spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language. Including non-native speakers it is the most spoken Dravidian language and the most spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali.

It is also spoken in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Pondicherry, Bengaluru and Chennai and among a diaspora population in the USA, Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, Ireland, Fiji, Reunion, Trinidad and the UK among other countries around the world.